Theory Consolidation in the Study of Journalism

A Comparative Analysis of the News Coverage of the HIV/Aids Issue in Four Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7477161
AutoresNelson Traquina (New University of Lisbon, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas97-116
Fecha de publicación2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884904039557
OpenAlexW2066717586
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas14

This article attempts to contribute to a better theoretical understanding of news. Based on an examination of the vast body of literature known as the study of journalism, three points of consensus are identified and tested through a comparative case study analysis of the news coverage of an issue, VIH/AIDS, in four different countries (the United States, Portugal, Spain and Brazil) during a period of three months (October–December, 1993). The data show that news is ‘event-oriented’, that official sources dominate news, and that proximity is a basic news value of the members of this ‘interpretive community’ who are today called journalists

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